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Uncommon card · Science
Hand cannon, an Uncommon card
The hand cannon, also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the first true firearm and the successor of the fire lance.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Hand cannon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hand cannon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It may also be considered a ______ of the handgun.
Answer
forerunner. It may also be considered a forerunner of the handgun. From the Hand cannon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Refrigerator. Refrigerator 82 · Tetrahedron 79 · Galactic Center 76 · Hand cannon 73 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is the oldest type of small arms, as well as the most mechanically simple form of metal barrel firearms.
- Unlike matchlock firearms it requires direct manual external ignition through a touch hole without any form of firing mechanism.
- It may also be considered a forerunner of the handgun.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hand cannon article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Hand cannon
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hand cannon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Viollet-le-Duc, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
